SAP PP and QM

SAP Consultant – Production & Quality

Location: Bremen–Hamburg Region (95% remote)

Role Overview

As a Senior Business Consultant (m/f/d) – Production & Quality, you will shape and drive digital solutions that enhance efficiency, transparency, and performance across production and quality management processes.

Combining strong technical expertise with deep process understanding, you will work closely with Production, Quality, and IT stakeholders to advance modern manufacturing systems and support technological transformation initiatives. You will advise business units on innovative solution approaches, lead transformation programs, and ensure sustainable implementation of future-oriented technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise production and quality management stakeholders throughout technological transformation initiatives.

• Design and implement future-ready solution architectures based on next-generation SAP solutions and modern manufacturing IT standards.

• Analyze current processes, identify optimization opportunities, and define innovative target process landscapes.

• Plan and manage the replacement of legacy systems (e.g., SAP PPDS, SAP APO, SAP MES) with modern platform and cloud-based solutions.

• Lead transformation projects end-to-end, including requirements gathering, architecture design, implementation, testing, and rollout.

• Collaborate closely with business departments, enterprise architecture teams, IT organizations, and external implementation partners.

• Own and manage the product and solution roadmap, ensuring transparent communication of progress to stakeholders and management.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949) and internal governance standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in (Business) Informatics, Engineering, Production Technology, Quality Management, or a comparable qualification.

• Several years of consulting experience, ideally within production, manufacturing, or quality environments.

• Familiarity with production and quality systems such as SAP MES, SAP QM, SAP S/4HANA, SAP PPDS, or comparable CAQ platforms.

• Strong understanding of end-to-end manufacturing and quality management processes.

• Proven ability to gather, analyze, and prioritize requirements from diverse stakeholder groups.

• Confident presence with excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style.

• Fluent German and English (written and spoken).